The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Tues Mar 12th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Countries all over the world are closing their airspace to the Boeing 737 Max 8, the plane that was involved in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crashed that killed more than 150 people.  This morning, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Germany were among the countries to decide the plane wouldn’t be allowed into their airspace. Meanwhile, Canadian and U.S. authorities continue to maintain the plane is safe to fly and no changes are being made.

Air Canada has 24 of these planes, Westjet has 13.

What should Canada do?

Business as usual

Safety first, ground them

 

 

Chapter 2

Surrey council votes to keep donation bins despite safety concerns

Surrey council has voted 5-4 to keep clothing donation bins open. This comes despite a number of B.C. cities decided to remove the bins or order them locked, after several deaths including one in West Vancouver in December, and another in Surrey three years ago.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 3

Prominent Vancouver businessman and philanthropist indicted in U.S. college admission bribery scandal

One of the 50 accused in the scandal is a well known University of British Columbia alumni. A surprising name among the 50 -- is David Sidoo.  A well known local businessman and philanthropist -- Sidoo graduated from UBC and is well known within the football community. He played for the Thunderbirds and spent five years playing in the CFL for the Saskatchewan roughriders. A statement from his lawyer reads "the charge lodged against Sidoo is an allegation that carries with it the presumption that he is innocent" The statement asks that people don't rush to judgement and Sidoo will present his case in court.  He's been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Guest: Richard Zussmann

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 4

UBC teams up with honeybees to study pollution

UBC scientists have teamed up with honeybees to map pollution across Metro Vancouver.

Guest: Dominique Weis

Senior author

Director of UBC’s Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research

 

Chapter 5

Vancouver Homeless Count

The Vancouver Homeless count begins today and our next guest joins us to talk about how current situations such as the cost of housing are placing older adults in vulnerable positions with a greater risk of becoming homeless

Guest: Sarah Canham

SFU  Department of Gerontology

 

Chapter 6

Tireless child advocate retires after 25 years

A long-time child advocate who fought for greater awareness about child sexual exploitation in the courts, B.C. legislature and schools is retiring after nearly 25 years on the job. Diane Sowden has announced she is retiring as executive director of Children of the Street Society (COS), an organization she founded in 1995.

Guest:   Diane Sowden

Executive director of Children of the Street Society

Trustee for the Coquitlam School District

 

Chapter 7

Aviation Expert on Ethiopian Plane Crash

Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes have been banned from flying over Europe’s airspace following the fatal crash of one of the jets operated by Ethiopian Airlines.

On Tuesday, the European Union and other countries said the aircraft cannot fly over their airspace. Other countries have also taken action since Sunday’s accident, forbidding airlines from operating the plane.

While Canada is not among the countries grounding or banning the jet, moves by other countries impact Canadian airlines and travellers.

Guest: Howard Slutsken

Aviation Expert

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Countries all over the world are closing their airspace to the Boeing 737 Max 8, the plane that was involved in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crashed that killed more than 150 people.  This morning, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Germany were among the countries to decide the plane wouldn’t be allowed into their airspace. Meanwhile, Canadian and U.S. authorities continue to maintain the plane is safe to fly and no changes are being made.

Air Canada has 24 of these planes, Westjet has 13.

What should Canada do?

Business as usual
Safety first, ground them

 

 

Chapter 2

Surrey council votes to keep donation bins despite safety concerns

Surrey council has voted 5-4 to keep clothing donation bins open. This comes despite a number of B.C. cities decided to remove the bins or order them locked, after several deaths including one in West Vancouver in December, and another in Surrey three years ago.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 3

Prominent Vancouver businessman and philanthropist indicted in U.S. college admission bribery scandal

One of the 50 accused in the scandal is a well known University of British Columbia alumni. A surprising name among the 50 -- is David Sidoo.  A well known local businessman and philanthropist -- Sidoo graduated from UBC and is well known within the football community. He played for the Thunderbirds and spent five years playing in the CFL for the Saskatchewan roughriders. A statement from his lawyer reads "the charge lodged against Sidoo is an allegation that carries with it the presumption that he is innocent" The statement asks that people don't rush to judgement and Sidoo will present his case in court.  He's been charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Guest: Richard Zussmann

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 4

UBC teams up with honeybees to study pollution

UBC scientists have teamed up with honeybees to map pollution across Metro Vancouver.

Guest: Dominique Weis

Senior author

Director of UBC’s Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research

 

Chapter 5

Vancouver Homeless Count

The Vancouver Homeless count begins today and our next guest joins us to talk about how current situations such as the cost of housing are placing older adults in vulnerable positions with a greater risk of becoming homeless

Guest: Sarah Canham

SFU  Department of Gerontology

 

Chapter 6

Tireless child advocate retires after 25 years

A long-time child advocate who fought for greater awareness about child sexual exploitation in the courts, B.C. legislature and schools is retiring after nearly 25 years on the job. Diane Sowden has announced she is retiring as executive director of Children of the Street Society (COS), an organization she founded in 1995.

Guest:   Diane Sowden

Executive director of Children of the Street Society

Trustee for the Coquitlam School District

 

Chapter 7

Aviation Expert on Ethiopian Plane Crash

Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes have been banned from flying over Europe’s airspace following the fatal crash of one of the jets operated by Ethiopian Airlines.

On Tuesday, the European Union and other countries said the aircraft cannot fly over their airspace. Other countries have also taken action since Sunday’s accident, forbidding airlines from operating the plane.

While Canada is not among the countries grounding or banning the jet, moves by other countries impact Canadian airlines and travellers.

Guest: Howard Slutsken

Aviation Expert